Transport & Industrial Archaeology
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Contact: bob.spackman@googlemail.com (01483 283343)
A very enjoyable visit to Ockham Mill, March 2012
Last year's programme included the following:
8th February: Guided tour of Brookland's Battle of Britain Exhibition - 6 places available for U3A members
8th March: Visit to Ibstock Brick's Laybrook manufacturing facility near Pulborough
12th April: Visit to Bluebell railway.
Most visits start mid-morning and include lunch at local cafe or pub in a convivial atmosphere!
Contact Bob Spackman if you are interested in joining us..
This group started in 2009 with the intention of providing a programme of visits and talks, for members interested not only in all forms of transport (yes, even trainspotters are welcome), but also in the much wider field of industrial archaeology. Some current members of the group are engineers, but others have no such background, and we even have a chemist!
Places visited to date have included:
- Kew Bridge Steam Museum
- Weald & Downland Open Air Museum
- The Millmead water turbine
- The Watercress (train) Line
- Amberley Heritage Centre
- GWR Steam Museum in Swindon
- Portsmouth Historic Dockyard
We have also had very interesting meetings on Airships, and Twine and Rope Making in Dorset.
Meetings or visits are generally on the second Tuesday of the month, and may be half a day for a talk, or a full day for a visit. We aim for a relaxed atmosphere, and technical discussions are normally very limited.
2010 visits included presentations on the construction of the Storebaelt Suspension Bridge and the Falkirk Wheel, and a Christmas Special trip on the Watercress Line.
2011 included an interesting but slightly odiferous visit to the Brighton Sewers!
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The following photographs are from the (not too serious!) May 2010 visit to the GWR Steam Museum in Swindon:
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